HTML5 Roundtable Series: Inside the Brackets

EPISODE 2: HTML5 vs. Native: Who Wins?

Mike Richmond has worked at Intel for almost 30 years in a variety of strategic, engineering and marketing roles. He led early experiments in blending TV and the Internet, and drove the transformation of the BIOS industry from proprietary implementations to the UEFI standard. He managed the software for Intel's first Linux-based product. Two years ago, he initiated Intel's HTML5 strategy.

Dave Methvin

President

jQuery Foundation

Dave Methvin

Dave Methvin is President of the jQuery Foundation and lead developer of jQuery Core. As an independent consultant he provides training and development services focused on applying and optimizing client-side technologies such as HTML5 and JavaScript.

Dan Bricklin

CTO

Alpha Software Corporation

Dan Bricklin

Dan Bricklin is currently CTO of Alpha Software Corporation, a company whose Alpha Anywhere product enables developers to rapidly create and deploy robust business applications for mobile devices and personal computers. Immediately prior to that, he was a software developer, creating the popular Note Taker HD iPad app and the SocialCalc JavaScript Open Source spreadsheet engine. He has a long and storied career in the software industry, and is best known for codeveloping VisiCalc, the pioneering electronic spreadsheet, while he was a student at the Harvard Business School in 1979. VisiCalc is widely credited with fueling the initial rapid growth of the personal computer industry.

Drew Crawford

Owner

DrewCrawfordApps

Drew Crawford

Drew is a software developer, writer, and consultant. He owns and operates DrewCrawfordApps, an Austin-based boutique development company with a focus on delivering challenging and innovative iPhone, iPad, and server software and solutions for companies of all sizes. Drew's work has been featured in TechCrunch and Daring Fireball, and his writing and insight have been praised by numerous industry luminaries.

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HTML5 Roundtable Series: Inside the Brackets

Join us for a series of short roundtable discussions to explore the opportunities, challenges and best practices of cross-platform HTML5 development. Hear directly from industry analysts, the W3C, Intel, and other experts. Go <inside the brackets> and get an insider’s view of HTML5.

EPISODE 2: HTML5 VS. NATIVE: WHO WINS?

Our panelists tackle the debate between HTML5 and native code to decide which builds the better apps? Go inside the brackets to get beyond the fan-boy hype, and hear directly from app developers like Dan Bricklin, Drew Crawford, Dave Methvin and Mike Richmond as they challenge each other, and you, to take an honest look at the best way to build an app.

HTML5 helps provide a future where developers can create amazing experiences that flow freely from device to device, and screen to screen. A world where your apps can reach more customers and get to market faster. Without boundaries.